Famous Places
These are just a few of the famous buildings in Dublin city.
Natural History Museum
| In the Natural History Museum you can see stuffed animals. The Irish Room is on the ground floor. You can see Irish mammals here. You can see the red deer, fox, hare and badger. The skeleton of the extinct Irish elk is also on display. There are huge skeletons of fish hanging from the ceiling. The world collection is on the first floor. |  |
Trinity College
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Trinity College is the oldest university in Ireland. Queen Elizabeth 1 founded it a long time ago. In 1992 it celebrated its 400th anniversary. The library is very famous and you can see the Book of Kells there. |  |
The National Gallery
The National Gallery is where you can see paintings. It first opened its doors to the public in 1864. Every major European school of painting is represented in the National Gallery. The first paintings bought by the gallery were 15 paintings bought in 1866 in Rome. There is also a major collection of Irish paintings.
THE BANK OF IRELAND
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The bank of Ireland was built in 1729 for the Irish Parliament. This is a magnificent building with woodwork in Irish oak. You can see the 18th century tapestries and a beautiful Irish crystal chandelier with 1233 pieces dating from 1765. When the Irish parliament was disbanded in 1800 by the Act of Union the building was bought by the Bank of Ireland. The old House of Commons is the bank and the old House of Lords hasn't changed at all. |
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There is a new millennium chimney. It was a real chimney. The chimney was belonging to Jameson’s Distillery, the place in which they made whiskey, hard to believe isn’t it. Now it has a big lift beside it and when you get to the top you can see all of Dublin from a round glass room. It’s a brilliant experience for all ages its really high too. It’s in Smithfield and it's right beside Smithfield market. It is 60m (that’s 175ft) tall. You can see the mountains and the sea from and you can sea lots of famous buildings from it. It’s brilliant. It’s attached to a beautiful Hotel. |
St. Patrick’s Cathedral.
| St Patrick’s Cathedral stands on the oldest Christian site in Dublin. A church has stood here since 450A.D. The cathedral you see today was built in 1191. Did you ever hear of the book Gulliver’s Travels. The famous author Jonathan Swift wrote it. He was Dean of St. Patrick’s from 1713 to 1745 and he is buried in St Patrick’s. There is a nice park beside the cathedral. |  |
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Christchurch Cathedral is Dublin's oldest building. There was a wooden church on the site built in 1038 by King Sitric. The church we see today was started in 1169. It has a long and very interesting history. Part of Christchurch is like a bridge over the road |
